by Ashley Peyrard | Juil 20, 2021 | Actualités
July 20, 2021 – Following last week’s Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) meeting of Canada’s Ministers of Agriculture, the Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) expresses its support for the establishment of a Grocer Code of Conduct in Canada,...
by Ashley Peyrard | Juil 6, 2021 | Actualités
CHC applauds the step Ontario has made towards increasing the compensation rate for AgriStability, following the proposal from the federal government to remove the Reference Margin Limit (RML) and increase the compensation rate from 70% to 80%. While the agreement...
by Ashley Peyrard | Juin 10, 2021 | Actualités
Ottawa: June 9, 2021: Momentum is building to establish Canada’s first agri-food sustainability index. A private-public coalition of thirty-four diverse partners has released the Business Case for Establishing the National Index on Agri-Food Performance to...
by Ashley Peyrard | Avr 22, 2021 | Actualités
Dear CHC Members, Over the past several years, we have been working with industry partners to establish a “deemed trust,” which means financial protection for fresh produce growers and sellers at a federal level. Some of you may know of this as PACA...
by Ashley Peyrard | Avr 21, 2021 | Actualités
Ottawa, April 21, 2021 – On behalf of Canada’s fruit and vegetable growers, the Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) applauds the federal government’s commitment to COVID recovery and maintaining environmental goals for our country. However, we are...
by Ashley Peyrard | Avr 19, 2021 | Actualités
As part of the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH), the North American Plant Protection Organization’s (NAPPO) is hosting the “Plant Health Knows No Borders” illumination initiative today and tomorrow. This initiative will see a number of North...
